On January 3rd, 1521, Martin Luther [1] was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Leo X for failing to recant parts of his Ninety-five Theses. Luther’s doctrine sparked the Protestant Reformation.
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January 3, 1777: General George Washington [2]‘s army defeated British forces at the Battle of Princeton, New Jersey.
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January 3, 1868: The Meiji Restoration returned authority to Japan’s emperors.
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Today’s feature article is a repost, so it is not eligible for judging in the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest [3].
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